Homecookin'

Yesterday night, Andon and I made lemon chicken and croutons from scratch! It was a fun and intimate alternative from going out to dinner, and it certainly ended up tasting fantastic.

Potatoes: AFTER

Crouton close-up

that's my guy =)

Collage'd

in da oven

Barefoot Contessa Lemon Chicken with Croutons

The final table setting

Potatoes: BEFORE

ch-ch-chopped

Photo Walk Numero Dos

(this on'e taken by Andon)

Film Treasures

Today I got two rolls of film developed: one of which is from Andon and I's photo date a while ago (we're having another one today!) and the other is a random roll from over the summer. Here are a few of the photos!

"Never-wake-up berries" (If any of you have seen the Blue Lagoon) 

Shoez

What a cutie

Silhouette.. a little sideways, but who cares?

This was on my little sister's 10th birthday

Planning out our trip to Italy

I love the reflection on this

Flickr

Christmas time is here

I have had a wonderful Christmas season this year. From the festivities to the family to the food to the gifts, it has all been smooth sailing for the past week or so. Here are some of the photos that I have taken in the past few days (most of which with my new 50mm lens!) Enjoy!

Home-made pumpkin bread... I could eat a whole thing of it if I wasn't such a health nut

New woodgrain rubber phone case from J. Crew

See's goodies: butterscotch creams, molasses chips, peanut butter patties

Mirror pic

Watch from Andon

New leather Clarks!

Attempt at an interesting Christmas tree photo... eh

da presents

Ham! I had none though... I'm decently meat-free with the exceptions of turkey, fish, and chicken.

Place cards that my grandma has reused year after year

My favorite table

Lori's Diner

Andon and Me... d'awww

Andon and Me again... plus my brother and my dad. Sup guys

IT'S FINALLY WINTER BREAK!!!

The first semester of Junior year, "hell year" if you will, is officially donezo, and I went out with a bang! I feel like I did well on all of my finals (even AP World and PreCalc) and am so glad to have school in the back of my mind for the first time in what seems like forever. 

The afternoon following my math (last) final, I did some last-minute Christmas shopping for my cousins... and may or may not have picked up a few items for myself! 

From Gap (NOT including the additional 40% off):

Two long/sleeved loose and simple black tops - $9 each

Red chunky knit scarf - $15

Knit vest - $30

From Urban Outfitters:

Black floral body-con skirt - $10

AKA it was a successful trip... everything adding up to sub-$50. Later that night, I went out for sushi with my best friend and her family, spending the night at her house after (which was last night). We stayed up until around 4AM sipping home-made peppermint hot chocolate, watching Paranormal Activity 3, and just talking about random but pretty deep topics that you can really only cover with the people closest to you. This morning we made berry smoothies, had a mini photoshoot in her front yard (photos will be up decently soon), watched Vampire Diaries (my first time), and then made tofu/salad for lunch. It was nom-tastic. 

Later this afternoon, Andon and I went on a date to a park close to his house where we walked around this huge pond/small lake, taking pictures, exchanging Christmas presents (photo posted below), and talking. Afterwards we got Chinese and then Pinkberry to top it all off. That guy makes me so happy... I feel like the label "boyfriend" covers only a fraction of what he is to me.

This was Andon's Christmas present to me: 

A much-needed classy watch for my regularly running-watch-clad wrist.

Overall, Winter Break = so far, so good

Sadie's/Homecoming

El Fotos from last night:

Tommy: Dalmatian and Jacky: Fireman

Me and Andon: Mr. Cellaneous and Ms. Cellaneous (miscellaneous)

(Andon took all of these photos)

Sadie's

My school continues the Sadie Hawkins tradition where the girl asks the guy to our Homecoming dance. I've been lucky enough to date Andon for over a year and a half so clearly it was only a matter of when and how I was going to ask him. We're a dorky couple, so he can appreciate my punny sense of humor, which is why my idea worked out perfectly.

So here's what I did: last night I went to Jacky's house to make cookies (some bunny-shaped and some regular shaped) and we topped them with homemade frosting and carrot-shaped sprinkles. This morning we put the cookies in my locker and I topped the batch with a note that said "SomeBUNNY wants to ask you to Sadie's... if you CARROT all you would say yes!"Andon regularly comes to my locker after school, so timing was a cinch for me. When he walked over, I asked him to open up my locker because my hands were full, and voile! Behold the cookies! Luckily he said yes (well, he said "maybe" but I'm 92% sure that's a yes) and he liked the cookies. So all's well that ends well!